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==================================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Saturday  20, Apr  2024 05:30. 3508.  Article Philosophy 1.#The Search for Reality -1: Swami Krishnananda Swami Krishnananda. ==================================================================================== What is Reality? Reality is that which never changes, which is absolute, unlimited, and is never contradicted by any other thing or experience. How is it known that Reality is changeless? Well, then, let us take for granted that Reality is changing, that Reality is that which changes. Now, what is change? Change is a modification of something from one condition to another condition. The death of one condition of a thing and the birth of  another condition is what is meant by the change of that thing. Now, does the thing itself change, or is it something else in it that changes? If the thing itself, in its essence, changes, the death of one of its conditions would mean the death of i

  ==================================================================================== Friday 18, Apr 2024. 05:30. CONQUEST OF MIND Swami Sivananda Part Three SECOND PHASE OF MIND-CONQUEST– ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE Stages of Mind-conquest ==================================================================================== III- METHODS OF MIND-CONQUEST: 1.Mind-conquest by the Four Traditional Methods: A digest of Sivananda’s description of the four traditional methods of annihilating the mind, runs thus. A Vedantin destroys the mind through Self-expansion; he practises self-denial, identifies himself with the Supreme Brahman, and thus brings about the annihilation of the mind. A Raja Yogi achieves the same goal, by stilling the mind, eradicating the Vrittis. A Bhakti Yogi obtains the death of the mind by contracting and reducing it to zero; he practises self-surrender, places his mind at the feet of the Lord. A Karma Yogi slays the mind by removing selfishness and by selfless service; he

================================================================================================= 1.#Opinion : Monday, 25 Mar 05:30. 3477. // Article Philosophy 1.#On Reason and Higher Life - 3.  ================================================================================================== It all, in the end, hinges upon whether an act is done for one's personal pleasure or for the good of a larger existence. But no sacrifice should involve pain or injury to others. This is another condition to be borne in mind, barring of course the pains of the nature of the operation performed by the doctor for the good of the patient. To perform a sacrifice it is not always necessary that there should be a 'taker', for sacrifice is not always material. Sacrifice is possible even if you alone exist in the world and there is none else, for sacrifice is more a psychological act of self dedication to a higher existence than a mere parting with material objects, though the giving away of